BFR patch

[Super_Ryu7]

anyone know when the patch is going to happen i really wanna get in one of those :)

[Lartnev]

When it's ready.

[Doop]

It just went up. Go go go!
No it didn't

[MrPaul]

In one of the recent patches there was a sound file with a LOAD of BFR sounding sounds. Jack off to them whilst we wait for the patch.

[Meursault00]

lol

[Doop]

Now that I think of it, I hear one of the devs at Mobilization said the BFR's would come a month from last Friday, or something.
Ask someone who went.

[Indecisive]

Yup, a month from like, yesturday.

[Lartnev]

In one of the recent patches there was a sound file with a LOAD of BFR sounding sounds. Jack off to them whilst we wait for the patch.

:lol: Didn't notice any sounds for BFRs in patch3.wav but :lol:

[Ghandi90]

I cant wait to squish some Smurfs and Elmos!!!

[Wraithlord]

every last newb is going to be in the caverns, for your information its going to take around 10 high experiance base captures in the caverns, with every last newb in the caverns thats going to take awhile, around 15 hours of work I would say, to get ONE bfr, not get the certification, thats just to be able to spawn ONE. oh well...good luck newbs

[Warborn]

every last newb is going to be in the caverns, for your information its going to take around 10 high experiance base captures in the caverns, with every last newb in the caverns thats going to take awhile, around 15 hours of work I would say, to get ONE bfr, not get the certification, thats just to be able to spawn ONE. oh well...good luck newbs

No, that's to get the cert. Smokejumper said on the official forums that you need to get attuned, then you can get the cert and spawn it from a suitable base. You don't need to go down there and get 10 caps just to get one BFR.

[_-Gunslinger-_]

every last newb is going to be in the caverns, for your information its going to take around 10 high experiance base captures in the caverns, with every last newb in the caverns thats going to take awhile, around 15 hours of work I would say, to get ONE bfr, not get the certification, thats just to be able to spawn ONE. oh well...good luck newbs


Where the hell are you getting your info from? Honestly when did those 10 cavern base caps have to be "High experience". Sure that means that alot of people will be int he canverns but OH WAIT thats fun... and seeing as I want my BFR ill go down there and pound away for the 7-8 hours it may take. 15 hours is unreasonable and you are officially a moron for getting a good 50% of your information wrong, along with the newb comment...

[LimpBIT]

must have BFR

[Apocolypse55]

If this turns into MechWarrior, I am so out of here.
BFRs lose at PlanetSide.

[MrPaul]

BFR sounding sounds

:lol: Didn't notice any sounds for BFRs in patch3.wav but :lol:
serios? (www.ruserios.com) They sound BFR-like to me.

[Lonehunter]

No, that's to get the cert. Smokejumper said on the official forums that you need to get attuned, then you can get the cert and spawn it from a suitable base. You don't need to go down there and get 10 caps just to get one BFR.
They said that when you are involved with 10 cavern hacks you get a key, that is even storable in a locker, that allows you to get A BFR.

But then again maybe they meant that one key lasts for ever.

[MrPaul]

Lone - yeah it does last forever or something. You can get the BFR every two hours assuming you have the right base etc once youve done the attuning.

[Warborn]

They said that when you are involved with 10 cavern hacks you get a key, that is even storable in a locker, that allows you to get A BFR.

But then again maybe they meant that one key lasts for ever.

I read something to that effect from some guy on the official forums who said the info was provided by someone who was at the Mobilization Alpha event in Florida. Someone else made a thread later protesting the idea of having to get 10 caps worth of experience in the caverns for one BFR. Smokejumper (or Sporkfire) chimed in to say it requires about 10 caps worth of exp to be able to cert BFRs, but after that you can acquire them like any normal vehicle.

I'll find a quote later.

edit: Here we go. http://psforums.station.sony.com/ps/board/message?board.id=psdevdiscussion&message.id=48940#M48940

A few things:

a) The BFRs are rough and tough, but the comment made at the fan event was that "current balance" had them destroying a Vanguard in about 5 seconds. However, the context was that "current balance" meant "not yet balanced". The weapons that are on them *right now* (in-house) are overpowered. That's not the design that will occur in-game when we release the BFRs.

b) The process of "attuning" (later fiction will describe that process) is a one-time thing. So when you complete the requirements to become certed in BFR, you don't have to do it again later.

c) To qualify for the BFR cert, you'll need to participate in cavern base caps that generate a minimum amount of xp. So late-night base caps won't do anything for you...unless there are enough enemies present to generate a sufficient amount of base capture experience (using the same time-slice system as the larger facilities outside the caverns).

I copied down a lot of these CC improvement ideas. Good stuff. Thanks.

[Lartnev]

serios? (www.ruserios.com) They sound BFR-like to me.

How do you know what BFRs sound like? :p

The last sound file to be added to planetside was patch3.wav which is mainly core combat stuff, where's the BFR stuff?

[MrPaul]

Just all the "bizzoootch" and such sounds. That's the sort of sounds I imagine a BFR would make.

[Dharkbayne]

I talked to Spork a few days ago on IRC, and he said that it basically "flags" your character as BFR enabled, and you only have to do it once, then you can get all the BFR's ya want (Provided you haven't gotten one in the past 2 hours)

[Biohazzard56]

This attunement thing is genious. Such a great way to get people into the caverns. I wouldnt mind spending some time in the caverns as long as there is actuall fighting going on. Its going to be a hell of alot of fun.

[Piuslxix]

Let's get all excited about the BFR's and when they release them, the TR version needs 5 people to operate it :(

[Lartnev]

For once, our BFR is equal in terms of manpower :)

[MrComando]

LOL Piuslxix :lol: :rofl: :D ! There's a lot of information on the official forums that could be very interesting...

Official PlanetSide Forums (http://psforums.station.sony.com/ps?category.id=community)

[Lise]

If this turns into MechWarrior, I am so out of here.
BFRs lose at PlanetSide.

Shit, that'd be enough to bring me BACK.

[Super_Ryu7]

yeah i was thinking the bfrs might ruin planetside but we will see in time i guess

[Lartnev]

They're just like giant MAX units.

Besides this game won't get like Mechwarrior, since in Mechwarrior anything that isn't a mech is worthless.

[Biohazzard56]

It will come on Monday along with Half Life 2

[Warborn]

It will come on Monday along with Half Life 2

Huh? It's end of September last I heard.


Also, Mechside would rock. However, needs more Elemental armor.

[Doop]

Holy shit!
Cavern battles finally, I thought SOE would blow it and make it so BFR's would be everywhere, but they're killing two birds with one stone in this one.

I don't even remember the last time I had a fairly decent cavern fight.

[Cauldron Borne]

HOLD IT! is everyone else missing this?

CAVER BASE CAPS WILL GENERATE EXP! YAY! wonder if it gives Cep too...or if it is just it's own little new type of exp....

me + sniper + caverns + new increase in targe....people = YAY!

[Kam]

Anyone else notice this:

VS BFR = sleek and sexy

TR BFR = not as sleek, but still looking good

...

NC BFR = A fucking crate... huh. It's a box with legs...

[Warborn]

Anyone else notice this:

VS BFR = sleek and sexy

TR BFR = not as sleek, but still looking good

...

NC BFR = A fucking crate... huh. It's a box with legs...

Personally I think the colossus is the best looking. The VS one is nifty, but the TR one is far more intimidating.

But yeah, I was shocked at how bad the NC one was.

[Subterfuge]

It would be fun to see if people coordinated massive BFR raids, get about 10-15 people to buy one at the same time.

[Super_Ryu7]

holy crap i found out what bfr really stands for i thought about it last night and i figured it out here it is

BFR=Big Fucking Robot

[MrPaul]

:/ Took your time eyy?

[Lartnev]

The Devs claim it means BattleFrame Robotics..... we have known for a long time that they've been lying to us :D

[MrPaul]

One of the Devs was quoted saying it means either BattleFrame robotics, or Big Fuckin' Robots, "if you like." It was in one of the magazine previews.

[Super_Ryu7]

a lot of you will probly burn me for this but i think that the devs should put in a lot more empire specific stuff so people arent just like whoa VS looks cool i wanna go on thier team. instead it should be like whoa NC got some hella sweet weapons and vehicles i wanna go on there team!!

what you guys think?

[MrPaul]

a lot of you will probly burn me for this but i think that the devs should put in a lot more empire specific stuff so people arent just like whoa VS looks cool i wanna go on thier team. instead it should be like whoa NC got some hella sweet weapons and vehicles i wanna go on there team!!

what you guys think?

Make a new thread.

[Lartnev]

a lot of you will probly burn me for this but i think that the devs should put in a lot more empire specific stuff so people arent just like whoa VS looks cool i wanna go on thier team. instead it should be like whoa NC got some hella sweet weapons and vehicles i wanna go on there team!!

what you guys think?

:huh: :confused:

And it could have been a quote from PC Zone, although that wasn't from a dev, it was a SOE PR guy or something.

[Super_Ryu7]

well it was worth a try. i mean all the teams got is some empire specific weapons and the specific tanks a buggy and now the BFRs (and a couple things i didnt mention) but that is not that much to sway the people in to being one empire and devoted to it for a while.

[Lartnev]

I don't think it's supposed to, more likely it's to sway people into continuing their subscriptions

[MrPaul]

Woah there buddy, back on up...

Make a new thread.

EDIT: If you don;t get what I mean: Make a new thread when you wanna discuss something not "on topic". More ES stuff *sorta* fits here, but not really.

I'd say we have enough atm anyway:
BFR
Buggy
Ground Transport
Weapons
Tanks

All we need now is ES air, but that'd be a bitch.

[juggalokilla]

The devs should have mech battles weekly in pre chosen caves or one of the battle islands, where the bfr timer would be like 10 minutes only and they couldnt leave the warpgate to go to another continent. say like 30+ mechs per empire in a 1-2 hour frag-fest.
I wouldnt miss them,ever.:D

[Cauldron Borne]

Me + Collosus + Jump Jets = the reclamation of my MW2 Tourny Championship. ( I got fourth in the MW4 Champ Tourny...friggin Highlander overheated on me and dumped my LAST FRIGGIN GAUSS ROUND!)

[Indecisive]

Personally I think the colossus is the best looking. The VS one is nifty, but the TR one is far more intimidating.

But yeah, I was shocked at how bad the NC one was.



Empire design model:

TR: Circles
VS: Triangles
NC: Squares


Or so says t-ray @ PSUMA.

[Lartnev]

Hehe NC are squares :p

[Disconnecting]

I think I should renew my planetside account. This better not become mech assault or im out.

[Real Mulambo]

And VS are very gay and smell of fish!

Even the VS BFR looks decidedly homosexual.

[Onizuka-GTO]

obviously, we are going to hunt you TR/NC and rape your arses with our purple hair in the wind.
:lol:

[Warborn]

Empire design model:

TR: Circles
VS: Triangles
NC: Squares


Or so says t-ray @ PSUMA.

Yeah, that's a given, except for the VS (but now that you mention it, it does make sense). Most of the time I'm not such a fan of the rounded look for TR stuff, but this time I am quite pleased. I just wish our MAX suits were more intimidating.

[Queensidecastle]

One of the best aspects of this IMO is that the cavern battles will rage like they did in beta. I am really going to enjoy that and I wager so will everyone else when they realize how fun zipline battles are

[Lartnev]

One of the best aspects of this IMO is that the cavern battles will rage like they did in beta. I am really going to enjoy that and I wager so will everyone else when they realize how fun zipline battles are

QFT

I can't wait to actually be in a big cavern battle, been in a few skirmishes but a full scale battle in a cavern has gotta kick some serious ass.

[Subterfuge]

I need to practice my flying skills in the cavern, Last time I went in there I was bouncing off the damn walls like I was on crack then crashed into a turret and died.